f33665 t906	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1981 (4th Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 30th, 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1981 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 29 runs
Umpires	HD Bird, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 19/2 (Wood 6*, Bright 0*)
Close of play day 2	England (2) 49/1 (Boycott 9*, Gower 20*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 9/1 (Dyson 5*, Border 2*)
Player of the Match	IT Botham

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Marsh b Alderman	13	36	44	1	-
*JM Brearley	c Border b Lillee	48	115	166	6	-
DI Gower	c Hogg b Alderman	0	10	10	-	-
GA Gooch	c Marsh b Bright	21	43	50	3	-
MW Gatting	c Alderman b Lillee	21	46	89	2	-
P Willey	b Bright	16	59	66	2	-
IT Botham	b Alderman	26	43	58	3	-
JE Emburey	b Hogg	3	33	39	-	-
+RW Taylor	b Alderman	0	3	1	-	-
CM Old	not out	11	23	35	-	-
RGD Willis	c Marsh b Alderman	13	15	11	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Boycott), 2-29 (Gower), 3-60 (Gooch), 4-101 (Brearley), 5-126 (Gatting), 6-145 (Willey), 7-161 (Botham), 8-161 (Taylor), 9-165 (Emburey), 10-189 (Willis, 69.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	18	4	61	2	-	-
Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	-	-
Hogg	16	3	49	1	-	-
Bright	12	4	20	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	run out (Old)	38	139	174	2	-
J Dyson	b Old	1	11	14	-	-
AR Border	c Taylor b Old	2	24	25	-	-
RJ Bright	lbw b Botham	27	51	63	4	-
*KJ Hughes	lbw b Old	47	101	112	7	-
GN Yallop	b Emburey	30	70	98	3	-
MF Kent	c Willis b Emburey	46	81	109	6	-
+RW Marsh	b Emburey	2	24	25	-	-
DK Lillee	b Emburey	18	43	40	3	-
RM Hogg	run out	0	0	1	-	-
TM Alderman	not out	3	3	6	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 19 lb, 21 nb)	44
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Dyson), 2-14 (Border), 3-62 (Bright), 4-115 (Wood), 5-166 (Hughes), 6-203 (Yallop), 7-220 (Marsh), 8-253 (Kent), 9-253 (Hogg), 10-258 (Lillee, 86.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	19	3	63	0	-	-
Old	21	8	44	3	-	-
Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	-	-
Botham	20	1	64	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Marsh b Bright	29	136	190	3	-
*JM Brearley	lbw b Lillee	13	17	17	2	-
DI Gower	c Border b Bright	23	59	70	2	-
GA Gooch	b Bright	21	93	116	3	-
MW Gatting	b Bright	39	71	103	3	-
P Willey	b Bright	5	22	23	1	-
IT Botham	c Marsh b Lillee	3	11	15	-	-
CM Old	c Marsh b Alderman	23	24	27	3	-
JE Emburey	not out	37	79	92	5	-
+RW Taylor	lbw b Alderman	8	47	70	-	-
RGD Willis	c Marsh b Alderman	2	5	3	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Brearley), 2-52 (Gower), 3-89 (Boycott), 4-98 (Gooch), 5-110 (Willey), 6-115 (Botham), 7-154 (Old), 8-167 (Gatting), 9-217 (Taylor), 10-219 (Willis, 92 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	26	9	51	2	-	-
Alderman	22	5	65	3	-	-
Hogg	10	3	19	0	-	-
Bright	34	17	68	5	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	lbw b Willis	13	46	62	1	-
GM Wood	lbw b Old	2	5	7	-	-
AR Border	c Gatting b Emburey	40	175	213	4	-
*KJ Hughes	c Emburey b Willis	5	11	16	-	-
GN Yallop	c Botham b Emburey	30	96	114	5	-
MF Kent	b Botham	10	45	68	1	-
+RW Marsh	b Botham	4	8	9	1	-
RJ Bright	lbw b Botham	0	1	1	-	-
DK Lillee	c Taylor b Botham	3	19	19	-	-
RM Hogg	not out	0	6	11	-	-
TM Alderman	b Botham	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 11 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Wood), 2-19 (Dyson), 3-29 (Hughes), 4-87 (Yallop), 5-105 (Border), 6-114 (Marsh), 7-114 (Bright), 8-120 (Lillee), 9-121 (Kent), 10-121 (Alderman, 67 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	20	6	37	2	-	-
Old	11	4	19	1	-	-
Emburey	22	10	40	2	-	-
Botham	14	9	11	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> MF Kent made his debut in Test matches
--> CM Old made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JM Brearley did not score for 63 minutes when 13 in the England first innings
--> JM Brearley (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> IT Botham (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> DI Gower (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> IT Botham reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RW Marsh, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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